Australia's telcos, banks and supermarkets granted exemption to cartel laws
Shutterstock“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion,” wrote Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations (published in 1776), “but the conversati...
Sven Gallasch, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
Risk to Opportunity – What COVID-19 Could Mean for Your Business
Banking royal commissions, bushfires and now COVID-19, we have certainly seen enough demonstrations that the world we live in is VUCA1 – an acronym originally used by the American Military. It st...
Dr. Gavriel (Gav) Schneider
the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading
ShutterstockNew research the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that SARS CoV 2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19 coronavirus, is more stable on plastic and stainless steel than o...
Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide
Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we're going to need a bigger boat
The Australian government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy, estimated to cost A$130 billion, is a crucial measure to help keep the economy from completely cratering.But, even if COVID-19 is suffici...
Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us
ShutterstockDuring this pandemic, our twin health and economic crises require two different types of concern, and they operate differently.For the health crisis, a high level of concern is necess...
Gordon Menzies, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
Work from home not working for many as kids prove too disruptive
According to Jenny Folley, demand for private office space across her brand of premium coworking and private office spaces is soaring. Jenny Folley is the founder and managing director o...
Tess Sanders Lazarus
New course allows retrenched workers to take back control
Institute of Data and University of Technology Sydney offer Data and Cyber scholarships to workers made redundant because of COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic is set to have a massive impact ...
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Australia's post-war recovery program provides clues as to how to get out of this
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world, wartime metaphors abound. And, with what amounts to a war economy now in place, attention has inevitably turned to post-war reconstruction. It i...
John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
How to Start Forex Trading
Forex Trading is the trading of different currencies across the world. Forex, which stands for Foreign Exchange, is a global marketplace for exchanging national currencies against one anothe...
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it's legal to put your money in, take it out, and save on tax
Helloquence/Unsplash, CC BY-NCHow would you feel if you were having a Zoom meeting with your accountant and they asked “how would you like to save more than $5,000 in income tax over the ne...
Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super
Brendel/Unsplash, CC BY-NCUnderstandably, given we are in a crisis, the government has baulked at including superannuation contributions in the A$140 billion worth of $1,500 per fortnight wage t...
Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
Why closing our borders to foreign workers could see fruit and vegetable prices spike
Dave Hunt/AAPOne aspect of the COVID-19 crisis that has so far escaped widespread public attention in Australia is its potential impact on our food security. We haven’t seen supermarket sho...
Michael Rose, Research fellow, Australian National University
how will it work, who will miss out and how to get it?
@shotsoflouis/Upplash, CC BY-NCThe A$130 billion $1,500-per-fortnight JobKeeper payment will benefit six million Australians for six months, with payments expected from May 1. Eligible businesses...
Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
Finder appoints Chris Ellis as CEO – Finder Australia
Digital business heavyweight Chris Ellis has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of Finder Australia, following an extensive 18-month search. Ellis is the outgoin...
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